Creativity, Spirituality and The Myth of the Starving Artist with Callahan Woodbery

How do creativity and spirituality intersect? According to Callahan Woodbery - a creative coach, and aesthetic alchemist - it begins by inhaling inspiration and then exhaling your creative gifts for the world to interact with.

Callahan’s art takes many shapes: she is an essayist, photographer, and printmaker who draws her inspiration primarily from her travels and excursions into the natural world. 

One of the things that comes through so vibrantly in her work is her belief that our relationship to the Earth directly influences our relationship with our community, our creativity, and our sense of self. She’s a nature mama, and in her work she channels the voice of mother nature beautifully. 

In this episode we discuss how being in the outdoors is the ultimate creative muse, what growing up in a family of artists is like, discovering that you can in fact be paid for your passions, the myth of the starving artist, the five guidelines for creative living, and even whether or stealing ideas as a way to spark inspiration (so taboo!).

Callahan reminds us that connecting to our creative process is a deeply spiritual endeavor.

You can find out more about Callahan and her work at thisiscallahan.com.

Join her Unbridled program at thisiscallahan.com/unbridled-creative and follow along with her on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thisiscallahan/.

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This show is produced, mixed, recorded and additional music by T'Ben Alleman

Opening and closing music: Pet Fangs

Show art: Anna Liv Design

Resources: Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins, The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell